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[Discuss] Revisiting VMWare ESX backup options
- Subject: [Discuss] Revisiting VMWare ESX backup options
- From: gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 18:24:58 -0400
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On 10/31/2014 06:14 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 10/31/2014 5:43 PM, Rich Braun wrote: >> One word on modern backup strategy: encryption. > > I disagree in the general case. Anything that adds unnecessary > complexity to a backup system is a failure begging to bite you. > I agree here. If you provide physical security on your backups you should be ok, but in certain situational conditions where you can't fully secure the backup media, then I certainly support encryption. But, one consideration is that the backup media could be stored for years especially if it contains commercial financial data. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:B7F14F2F PGP Key fingerprint: D937 A424 4836 E052 2E1B 8DC6 24D7 000F B7F1 4F2F
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